Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

Came within what felt like about 5 feet of getting nailed head on by an F150 this morning on my way to work. Guy drifted over the double yellow and just kept coming at me, in spite of the horn going full blast, then cut it back into his lane at the very last second just as I was about to cut it into the cow pasture next to me.

So then I, surging with adrenaline, decide to whip it back around and chase the mother berkeleyer down, thinking he must be wasted or ODing on heroin or something. Finally caught up with him at the tractor dealership where he must work and confronted him. The guy was clearly sober and on his way in to work, apologized profusely and assured me he wasn't impaired or texting, and said he was watching the temp gauge on his truck because he thought it was overheating. So satisfied with that, I immediately backed off and told him I just wanted to be sure he wasn't going to kill somebody, wished him luck on his truck and went on my way.

But holy hell did that get the adrenaline pumping this morning.

Amazing how many people are crying this morning, and removing friends from facebook. What I find amazing about all this, especially the facebook piece, is many of their "friends" are mere adds rather then true friendships. I am very puzzled by some of the relationships online and through social media. Especially the Announcements that they are "quitting" and step up on their make-believe social media podium.

alfadriver wrote: Does "violent" (in a verbal way) ranting actually make you feel better? There's a theory that venting and whatnot can help your nerves, but I've been able to control outbursts (for the most part)- to the point that I don't get super angry over situations that I can't do anything about more than I've already done. To me it seems to be a waste of effort. At the end of the rant, you are still in the same boat anyway. Just had to have a minor rant over the major ones.

QFT

Does anyone, anywhere on news television ever say "You know what? I've repeated myself verbatim every five minutes for the last whole day. Maybe we could just record this stuff in one take and loop it until something changes? Or show some sweet Stooges episodes?"

In reply to Huckleberry:

The world would certainly benefit from more Stooges air time.

To be clear, I'm talking about the stooges produced by Columbia, not the ones produced by modern media/politics.

well, this morning sucked. No, not election related, my water heater broke during the night. Flooded my laundry/utility/storage/cat box room. To top it off, whoever poured the concrete in my basement put the drain in a high enough spot that the water runs around it, then fills up the basement, THEN pours over into the drain... I have many wet boxes to deal with and wet carpet in the finished part of the basement. Again. Oh yeah, and not having water isn't fun either.

trigun7469 wrote: Amazing how many people are crying this morning, and removing friends from facebook. What I find amazing about all this, especially the facebook piece, is many of their "friends" are mere adds rather then true friendships. I am very puzzled by some of the relationships online and through social media. Especially the Announcements that they are "quitting" and step up on their make-believe social media podium.

So much wailing and gnashing of teeth today mixed in with a heavy does of hyperbole. With all of the celebrities who are going to move to other countries I guess Hollywood will cease to exist.

mapper wrote:

trigun7469 wrote: Amazing how many people are crying this morning, and removing friends from facebook. What I find amazing about all this, especially the facebook piece, is many of their "friends" are mere adds rather then true friendships. I am very puzzled by some of the relationships online and through social media. Especially the Announcements that they are "quitting" and step up on their make-believe social media podium.

So much wailing and gnashing of teeth today mixed in with a heavy does of hyperbole. With all of the celebrities who are going to move to other countries I guess Hollywood will cease to exist.

I just heard on the radio that Canada’s immigration website crashed this morning…bhahaha.

In reply to mapper:

That actually sounds like a good thing. I haven't seen a movie or tv show worth watching in YEARS.

In reply to HappyAndy:

I was never a big Stooges fan but wouldn't mind some Abbot and Costello.

I'm hearing impaired. I struggle to hear, and if it's not a person I know, I won't tune in to their voice.

Had a guy at work that I've never seen before, try and get my attention. "Hrunnhmhwrbb...hhh...hey... HEY! WHAT ARE YOU, DEAF?

Yeah, I am.

The dude's lucky he was on crutches. Because I would have threatened to break the other one. That's been a severe hot button with me ever since grade school.

Go berkeley yourself.

mazdeuce wrote: My co-driver seriously berkeleyed up buying the RSX. I trusted that he could make a good decision and he didn't. I'm pretty sure we paid $3500 for a caged shell with dents. I'm going to keep plugging away at sorting it because I like the work, but I don't want to own this pile of E36 M3 when it's done.

If it's logbooked, that's about the going rate for a caged shell with dents, no?

Researched aftermarket wheels for the E92 from last evening to early morning as a needed diversion from the presidential race, my day off too. Pretty much no escaping coverage as even my default channel Velocity had a pop-up w/ return stats. Have the wheel choices narrowed down to <10 now. Ain't over yet this morning as the coverage, traditions and fallout continues. Researching tires now, that should burn ample time till Inauguration. Don't really need the wheel/ tires till maybe April... time well spent though.

trigun7469 wrote: Amazing how many people are crying this morning, and removing friends from facebook. What I find amazing about all this, especially the facebook piece, is many of their "friends" are mere adds rather then true friendships. I am very puzzled by some of the relationships online and through social media. Especially the Announcements that they are "quitting" and step up on their make-believe social media podium.

I can safely and unequivocally say that my quality of life has improved dramatically since I deleted social media last year... So much less crap to have to wade through on a daily basis. I don't have many real friends, but at least I know where I stand with the ones I have...

wae wrote: Just had to let somebody go. Great guy, our group has been blowing out our number every quarter. But headcount had to be reduced across the whole company without regard to common sense.

I hate that.. and have been on the receiving end of it. Really sucks when you get let go, but the lazy bums get to keep their jobs

In reply to Furious_E:

Adrenaline can make you do crazy things that can end up in an arrest.

Appleseed wrote: I'm hearing impaired. I struggle to hear, and if it's not a person I know, I won't tune in to their voice. Had a guy at work that I've never seen before, try and get my attention. "Hrunnhmhwrbb...hhh...hey... HEY! WHAT ARE YOU, DEAF? Yeah, I am. The dude's lucky he was on crutches. Because I would have threatened to break the other one. That's been a severe hot button with me ever since grade school. Go berkeley yourself.

And people are supposed to know you are deaf how? I have damaged hearing (my right side mostly) due to stupid stuff I did in my youth and I take the opposite tact. How the hell should other people know I can not hear them? Sucks for sure but it is not their fault. I don't feel like wearing a sign so I have to live with it. Drives my wife nuts.

spitfirebill wrote: In reply to Furious_E: Adrenaline can make you do crazy things that can end up in an arrest.

Yea in hindsight chasing the guy down was probably not the smartest move, but the intent was certainly never to haul him out of the truck and punch him in the face or anything like that. I'm generally pretty good at keeping a cool head in charged situations, but the "other guy" is always an unknown variable. Fortunately in this situation we both proved to be reasonable people.

dean1484 wrote:

Appleseed wrote: I'm hearing impaired. I struggle to hear, and if it's not a person I know, I won't tune in to their voice. Had a guy at work that I've never seen before, try and get my attention. "Hrunnhmhwrbb...hhh...hey... HEY! WHAT ARE YOU, DEAF? Yeah, I am. The dude's lucky he was on crutches. Because I would have threatened to break the other one. That's been a severe hot button with me ever since grade school. Go berkeley yourself.

And people are supposed to know you are deaf how? I have damaged hearing (my right side mostly) due to stupid stuff I did in my youth and I take the opposite tact. How the hell should other people know I can not hear them? Sucks for sure but it is not their fault. I don't feel like wearing a sign so I have to live with it. Drives my wife nuts.

It doesn't excuse being a d-bag to someone you don't know. Whether or not the person actually IS hearing impaired is immaterial, the fact that he is only makes the situation noteworthy.

I'm reminded, somehow, of Austin Powers running into a bathroom and asking the attendant if he's seen anyone come in, before realizing that he's blind. "Have you seen... anything at all. Sorry."

EvanR wrote: I had to change the clocks in my 2 cars this weekend. In my 2013 Chevrolet: Turn radio on Push "CONFIG" Turn a knob to select "Date and Time Settings" Push the knob to select Turn a knob to select the "hours" field Push the knob to select Turn the knob to move the hours back one Push the knob to accept the entry Push the "back" button to get to the main screen Turn radio off. In my 1990 Acura: Push the "H" button 11 times. Progress??

Does it make you feel better or worse if I tell you my 2014 Scion FR-S was the same as your Acura?

spitfirebill wrote: In reply to Furious_E: Adrenaline can make you do crazy things that can end up in an arrest.

I watched a COPS episode last weekend where a guy refused to be pulled over….after maneuvering around multiple boxing in attempts on road spike punctured tires, he started shooting randomly out of his sunroof.

I could never be a cop, I would have reduced that guy and his POS car to Swiss Cheese the instant I heard gun fire coming from him.

dean1484 wrote:

Appleseed wrote: I'm hearing impaired. I struggle to hear, and if it's not a person I know, I won't tune in to their voice. Had a guy at work that I've never seen before, try and get my attention. "Hrunnhmhwrbb...hhh...hey... HEY! WHAT ARE YOU, DEAF? Yeah, I am. The dude's lucky he was on crutches. Because I would have threatened to break the other one. That's been a severe hot button with me ever since grade school. Go berkeley yourself.

And people are supposed to know you are deaf how? I have damaged hearing (my right side mostly) due to stupid stuff I did in my youth and I take the opposite tact. How the hell should other people know I can not hear them? Sucks for sure but it is not their fault. I don't feel like wearing a sign so I have to live with it. Drives my wife nuts.

True. And I usually let it slide. It's not easy to tell.

But it was tone of voice. Think Niedermayer mocking to Flounder in Animal House. That is what set me of.

Something happened at work tonight that reaffirmed to me that marriage is overrated and I'm better off being single.

At ten till seven, a guy walked in, rather overdressed and carrying a bouquet of flowers, and asked if we had a table for him and his wife as it's their anniversary. We were dead, so he got sat and a drink, to wait for his wife. At five after seven, a guy in a suit walked in the door, saw him, and went over and handed him a manila envelope and left. Guy opened the envelope and started crying. His wife had sent her divorce attorney to serve him papers at the damn restaurant.

I don't know the backstory, and it's none of my business. There is more than enough of other peoples drama going on right now to care, frankly. But to see such childishness over something so serious, and to tack on that sort of public humiliation is just....disturbing.

This was either the worst "hey we're getting a divorce" I've seen in a long time, or an amazing scam that paid out a few free beers, as we all pitched in and bought him a couple when we figured out what happened.

Guys, Girls, whatevers, this is an adult thing that should be handled as such. Thinking about a divorce? Talk about it with them. Married is supposed to be more than a faceplace status.

In reply to Appleseed:

I understand what you're going through at least a little bit. My hearing isn't so good, and I've noticed that it's getting worse recently. Sometimes I can hear just fine, but with certain background noises I can't hear squat except that noise. It seems like it has more to do with the frequency of the sound than it's volume. For example the fan on our heater isn't very loud, but if I'm in the room with it running I might as well be in outer space, the noise of refrigerators running in a room with tile floors and walls might as well be the engine room of a ship to my ears.

My wife swears that my hearing is fine, I'm just constantly ignoring her, because I can hear stuff like the cat jumping onto the chain link fence in the front yard in the middle of the night, but don't hear her trying to talk to me from from the other room.

ShadowSix wrote:

EvanR wrote: I had to change the clocks in my 2 cars this weekend. In my 2013 Chevrolet: Turn radio on Push "CONFIG" Turn a knob to select "Date and Time Settings" Push the knob to select Turn a knob to select the "hours" field Push the knob to select Turn the knob to move the hours back one Push the knob to accept the entry Push the "back" button to get to the main screen Turn radio off. In my 1990 Acura: Push the "H" button 11 times. Progress??

Does it make you feel better or worse if I tell you my 2014 Scion FR-S was the same as your Acura?

My new Toyota has FINALLY solved this bizarre remnant from when digital watches were a new thing by setting the clock to the time using either an HD Radio signal or an internet connected phone via BT.

I'll bitch about it anyway though because they put the actual clock over on the console nav screen hidden in a bunch of other info like what song is playing or which direction I'm headed when I have an info screen right between the tach and speedo with next to no info on it.

Also... while I'm on that rant - there is a display showing me N/S/E/W on a spinning dial between the tach/speedo. THere is a nav system showing me the same info in the middle of the dashboard. My rear view mirror also has N/S/E/W info. So... 3 berkeleying compasses basically everywhere I look. What temperature is it outside? How many miles to empty? How far have I gone this trip? Well... why don't we just pan thru an elaborate and confusing menu system to find out! Hey but we are going South East like a BOSS!